Benjamin The Cambridge World History: Volume 4, A World with States, Empires and Networks 1200 BCE–900 CE

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-316-30844-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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Reihe: The Cambridge World History

From 1200 BCE to 900 CE, the world witnessed the rise of powerful new states and empires, as well as networks of cross-cultural exchange and conquest. Considering the formation and expansion of these large-scale entities, this fourth volume of the Cambridge World History series outlines key economic, political, social, cultural, and intellectual developments that occurred across the globe in this period. Leading scholars examine critical transformations in science and technology, economic systems, attitudes towards gender and family, social hierarchies, education, art, and slavery. The second part of the volume focuses on broader processes of change within western and central Eurasia, the Mediterranean, South Asia, Africa, East Asia, Europe, the Americas and Oceania, as well as offering regional studies highlighting specific topics, from trade along the Silk Roads and across the Sahara, to Chaco culture in the US southwest, to Confucianism and the state in East Asia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benjamin, Craig

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: the world from 1200 BCE to 900 CE Craig Benjamin; Part I. Global Histories: 2. Global economic history Sitta von Reden; 3. The gendering of power in the family and the state Scott Wells and Ping Yao; 4. Slavery Peter Hunt; 5. The axial age in world history Björn Wittrock; 6. Developments in science and technology c.800 BCE to c.800 CE Helmuth Schneider; 7. Discourses on gender and sexuality Scott Wells and Ping Yao; 8. Art Robert Bagley; 9. Pastoral nomads Tim May; Part II. Trans-Regional and Regional Perspectives: 10. Western and Central Eurasia Touraj Daryaee; 11. Regional study: Bactria - the crossroads of ancient Eurasia Jeffrey Lerner; 12. The Mediterranean Craig Benjamin and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks; 13. Regional study: Athens in the fifth century BCE William Morison; 14. Late antiquity in Europe c.300–900 CE Charles F. Pazdernik; 15. East Asia Charles Holcombe; 16. Regional study: Confucianism and the state Xinzhong Yao; 17. Regional study: exchanges within the Silk Roads world system Xinru Liu; 18. South Asia Shonaleeka Kaul; 19. Regional study: Pataliputra Shonaleeka Kaul; 20. The Americas Erica Begun and Janet Brashler; 21. Regional study: Chaco culture and the US Southwest Stephen H. Lekson; 22. Australasia and the Pacific Ian J. McNiven; 23. Africa: states, empires, and connections Stanley Burstein; 24. Regional study: trans-Saharan trade Ralph Austen.

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin, Craig
Craig Benjamin is an Associate Professor of History at Frederik J. Meijer Honors College, Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA. At GVSU, he teaches Big History, world history, and East and Central Asian history, to students at all levels, from first-year to postgraduate. He is a frequent guest presenter at conferences worldwide, and the author of numerous published books, chapters and essays on ancient Central Asian history, Big History, and world history. He is co-author (with David Christian and Cynthia Brown) of a Big History textbook – Big History: Between Nothing and Everything (2013). Benjamin has recorded several programs and lecture series for The History Channel, The Teaching Company and Scientific American magazine. He is also a member of the College Board Test Development Committees for both the AP and SAT World History exams; Treasurer of the International Big History Association; and current President (2014/15) of the World History Association.